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Weather extremes

How extreme does Sakakah's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Sakakah has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 50+ years of daily weather observations (1974–present), from the Al-Jouf station 23 km away. Updated through August 2025 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Sakakah has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
117°F Aug 2, 2016

That is about 11°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in Sakakah (typical high near 106°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 117°F Aug 2, 2016
2 117°F Jul 27, 2020
3 117°F Jun 20, 2024
❄️ Coldest night
19°F Feb 3, 1989

About 23°F colder than a normal February night in Sakakah (typical low near 42°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 19°F Feb 3, 1989
2 21°F Jan 5, 1989
3 21°F Jan 6, 1989
🌧️ Most rain in one day
30.63 in Nov 20, 1978

More rain in a single day than Sakakah usually gets in the whole month of November (typical November total about 0.3 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 30.63 in Nov 20, 1978
2 30.63 in Nov 28, 1978
3 30.63 in Dec 25, 1978

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

-10°10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 117°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Sakakah's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 117°F is about 11°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Sakakah's warmest days reach the mid-100s°F and its coldest nights drop to the high 30s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 117°F and as low as 19°F. A single day has delivered over 31 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 24 years of daily observations at Al-jouf, a weather station, about 23 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →